Visualization of Short Posterior Ciliary Artery Insertion Due to Posterior Staphyloma and Myopic Chorioretinal Atrophy

Giovanna Vieira Moreira; Eduardo Ferrari Marback; Ricardo Luz Leitão Guerra

doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2023.0025

Visualization of Short Posterior Ciliary Artery Insertion Due to Posterior Staphyloma and Myopic Chorioretinal Atrophy

JAMA Ophthalmol. 2023 Apr 1;141(4):e230025. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2023.0025. Epub 2023 Apr 20.

Authors

Giovanna Vieira Moreira¹, Eduardo Ferrari Marback², Ricardo Luz Leitão Guerra¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Clínica de Olhos Leitão Guerra, Salvador, Brazil.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.

PMID: 37078992
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2023.0025

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This case report describes the visualization of a short posterior ciliary artery insertion as a result of posterior staphyloma and chorioretinal atrophy in a patient in their 50s with pathologic myopia.

MeSH terms

Atrophy
Ciliary Arteries
Humans
Myopia, Degenerative* / complications
Myopia, Degenerative* / diagnosis
Retinal Degeneration*
Scleral Diseases*
Tomography, Optical Coherence